Ludovico Collection

Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani, Lady with an Ermine, c1490. Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani, Lady with an Ermine, c1490. Cecilia Gallerani was an influential mistress of the ruler of Milan, Ludovico Sforza

Bust of a young woman with elaborate headdress, looking down. 1625-77

Angelica and Medoro; the couple embracing, Medoro carving their names in the bark of a tree; Cupid holding a torch in the background, ca. 1570. After Teodoro Ghisi

Ruggiero Rescuing Angelica, 1565. Creator: Cornelis Cort
Ruggiero Rescuing Angelica, 1565

Vignette for the first chant of Roland Furieux, 18th century. Segue Rinaldo il suo destrier Baiardo Ed Angelica incontra che fuggia

Canto 13, Stanza 38, from Orlando Furioso, 1772-74. 1772-74. Creator: Nicolas de Launay
Canto 13, Stanza 38, from Orlando Furioso, 1772-74. [A chi l petto, a chi l ventre, a chi la testa, / A chi rompe le gambe, a chi le braccia]

Canto 22, Stanza 86, from Orlando Furioso, 1772. 1772. Creator: Nicolas de Launay
Canto 22, Stanza 86, from Orlando Furioso, 1772. [Lo scudo non pur lor gli occhi abbarbaglia, / Ma fa che ogn altro senso attonito erra]

Canto 42, Stanza 64, from Orlando Furioso, 1774. 1774. Creator: Nicolas de Launay
Canto 42, Stanza 64, from Orlando Furioso, 1774. [Gli disse quel che dianzi dir non volle: / Sappi, Rinaldo, il nomee mio e lo Sdegno, / Venuto sol per sciorti il giogo indegno]

Canto 39, Stanza 57, from Orlando Furioso, 1774. 1774. Creator: Nicolas de Launay
Canto 39, Stanza 57, from Orlando Furioso, 1774. [Che nel tirar, che fece il fiato in suso / Tutto il voto, maraviglioso caso]

Canto 31, Stanza 70, from Orlando Furioso, 1774. 1774. Creator: Nicolas de Launay
Canto 31, Stanza 70, from Orlando Furioso, 1774. [Si che una sorte uguale ambi li getta / Nell acqua, e gran rimbombo al ciel ne riede]

Canto 14, Stanza 45, from Orlando Furioso, 1774. 1774. Creator: Nicolas de Launay
Canto 14, Stanza 45, from Orlando Furioso, 1774. [Scudi spezza, elmi schiaccia, e un colpo spesso / Spegne i cavalli a i cavalieri appresso]

Angelica and Medoro; they stand next to a stream as Medoro carves their names into a tree, a putto is seated at left with a torch and another putto walks towards them with a goat, 1590-98

Canto 26, Stanza 39, from Orlando Furioso, 1774. 1774. Creator: Nicolas de Launay
Canto 26, Stanza 39, from Orlando Furioso, 1774. [Sappiate che costor che qui scritto hanno nel marmo i nomi, al mondo mai non furo]

The Damsel and Orlando, ca. 1793. Creator: Benjamin West
The Damsel and Orlando, ca. 1793

Angelica and Medoro, possibly early 1630s. Creator: Jacques Blanchard
Angelica and Medoro, possibly early 1630s

The Lamentation, ca. 1514-16. Creator: Ludovico Mazzolino
The Lamentation, ca. 1514-16

Lucrezia Crivelli, (1933). Creator: Unknown
Lucrezia Crivelli, (1933). Portrait of Lucrezia Crivelli, (1452-1508) mistress of Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan. From " Gestalten Der Weltgeschichte"

Ludovico Antonio Muratori (1672-1750), Italian writer, director of the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan

Portrait of Ludovico Beccadelli by Titian

Roma - Palacae of Montecitorio, 1910
Roma - Palace of Montecitorio, 1910. Seat of the Italian Parliament. Originally built for Prince Ludovisi by Bernini. The Palazzo Montecitorio is a palace in Rome

Drawing of a walking horse, c1472-c1519 (1883). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Drawing of a walking horse, c1472-c1519 (1883). Probably a study for the Sforza Monument. From The Literary Works of Leonardo Da Vinci, Vol. II by Jean Paul Richter, PH. DR

Study for the Sforza Monument, c1482-c1499 (1883). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Study for the Sforza Monument, c1482-c1499 (1883). Drawn in charcoal, pen and Indian ink. From The Literary Works of Leonardo Da Vinci, Vol. II by Jean Paul Richter, PH. DR

Study for the Sforza Monument, c1482-c1499 (1883). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Study for the Sforza Monument, c1482-c1499 (1883). Silverpoint on bluish tinted paper. From The Literary Works of Leonardo Da Vinci, Vol. II by Jean Paul Richter, PH. DR

Two preparatory studies for the Sforza Monument, c1482-c1499 (1883). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Two preparatory studies for the Sforza Monument, c1482-c1499 (1883). One drawn with a pen, the other in silverpoint on bluish tinted paper. From The Literary Works of Leonardo Da Vinci, Vol

Text page with portraits of Francesco Sforza, 1490. Page with illuminated border in arabesque with portraits of Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan, and Lodovico Sforza

Residence of John Hoole, Great Queen Street, Lincolns Inn Fields, London, 1840. Artist: C J Smith
Residence of John Hoole, the translator of Ariosto, Great Queen Street, Lincolns Inn Fields, London, 1840. The home of John Hoole (1727-1803)

Ludovico Ariosto, Italian Renaissance poet, (1836). Artist: Robert Hart
Ludovico Ariosto, Italian Renaissance poet, (1836). Ariosto (1474-1533), pictured wearing a laurel crown, was the author of the epic poem Orlando Furioso (1516)

Renaissance Art in Italy: Leonardo da Vinci, (c1900). Da Vinci (1452-1519) showing his fresco of The Last Supper to Ludovico Sforza (The Moor) duke of Milan

Letter from Dr Samuel Johnson to Warren Hastings, 29th January 1781. Artist: Dr Samuel Johnson
Letter from Dr Samuel Johnson to Warren Hastings, 29th January 1781. Letter from Johnson to Warren Hastings, Governor-General of Bengal

Ludovico Ariosto (1474-1533), Italian poet. Ariosto, pictured wearing a laurel crown, was the author of the epic poem Orlando Furioso (1516)

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